Definition of adansonia Adansonia

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What does adansonia mean?

Noun
adansonia - baobab; cream-of-tartar tree
		genus Adansonia
		dilleniid dicot genus genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
		bombacaceae, family bombacaceae tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds
		adansonia gregorii, cream-of-tartar tree, sour gourd Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd

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adansonia (n.)
A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth.